When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’

Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness!’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.

“Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room for Me to eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.

For in my inner self I joyfully agree with God’s law.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit,

We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.